Isaiah 3:2
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2 warrior and soldier,
judge and prophet,
diviner and elder,(A)
Ezekiel 17:13
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13 He took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath (he had taken away the chief men of the land),(A)
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Amos 2:3
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3 I will cut off the ruler from its midst
and will kill all its officials with him,
says the Lord.(A)
Ezekiel 9:5
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5 To the others he said in my hearing, “Pass through the city after him and kill; your eye shall not spare, and you shall show no pity.(A)
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Ezekiel 8:12
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12 Then he said to me, “Mortal, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in his room of images? For they say, ‘The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land.’ ”
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Lamentations 5:12-14
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12 Princes are hung up by their hands;
no respect is shown to the elders.(A)
13 Young men are compelled to grind,
and boys stagger under loads of wood.(B)
14 The old men have left the city gate,
the young men their music.
Isaiah 9:14-15
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14 So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail,
palm branch and reed in one day—(A)
15 elders and dignitaries are the head,
and prophets who teach lies are the tail,(B)
Isaiah 2:13-15
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13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the oaks of Bashan;(A)
14 against all the high mountains
and against all the lofty hills;(B)
15 against every high tower
and against every fortified wall;
Psalm 74:9
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9 We do not see our emblems;
there is no longer any prophet,
and there is no one among us who knows how long.(A)
2 Kings 24:14-16
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14 He carried away all Jerusalem, all the officials, all the warriors, ten thousand captives, all the artisans and the smiths; no one remained except the poorest people of the land.(A) 15 He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the elite of the land, he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.(B) 16 The king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, seven thousand, the artisans and the smiths, one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war.(C)
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